ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240947
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| Date: | Friday 4 September 2020 |
| Time: | 11:48 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft V35B Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N818S |
| MSN: | D-9101 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2566 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sequoia National Park, near Three Rivers, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Visalia Airport, CA (VIS/KVIS) |
| Needles Airport, CA (EED/KEED) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On September 4, 2020, about 1148 Pacific daylight time, a Beechcraft 35 airplane, N818S, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Three Rivers, California. The pilot and passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot and passenger departed on a visual flight rules cross-country flight into an area of reduced visibility due to wildfire smoke. An alert notice was issued when the airplane did not arrive at the destination, and the wreckage was located the following day in mountainous terrain at an elevation about 9,500 ft mean sea level. No anomalies were noted with the airplane during post-accident examination. Impact signatures and wreckage dispersion were consistent with the pilot’s controlled flight into terrain while operating in conditions of reduced visibility due to smoke.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s controlled flight into terrain while operating in conditions of reduced visibility due to smoke.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2020/09/05/visalia-pilot-passenger-crash-sequoia-national-park/5730195002/
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/09/plane-crash-claims-two-lives-sequoia-national-park
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=818S
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Media:
NTSB investigating the 9/4/20 crash of a Beech BE-35 airplane in Sequoia National Park, CA. NTSB is not traveling to the scene of the crash at this time.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) September 5, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Sep-2020 23:10 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 06-Sep-2020 00:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2020 09:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2020 09:33 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Sep-2020 16:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2020 23:07 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-May-2021 18:46 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Destination airport] |
| 20-Jul-2022 02:02 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo] |
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